Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced his latest stunt to make himself look like tough guy on the issue of immigration with the recent influx of refugees fleeing violence in Central America, and of course, guess who he wants to pay for it?

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) on Monday officially announced that he will deploy about 1,000 members of the National Guard to the border, and said that he expects the federal government to reimburse the state.

The governor said during a press conference that Texas will pay for the National Guard to be at the border for now.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said the state was seeking legal consultation regarding funding for "Operation Strong Safety." He said that the state will work with officials in Washington, D.C. on funding options.

"Texans are willing to put boots on the ground, but we expect Washington to foot the bill," he said.

MSNBC's Joy Reid explained what this is really all about in the clip above.

I'm taking about the system of government we have as determined by the Constitution.

You are familiar with the three branches of government, the inherent checks and balances within the system, and the role of the President in appointing Supreme Court justices and civil service positions?

You must realize that genetically, there’s no differencebetween white and black societies. Asians either. The extremely minor variations in outward appearance are the result of isolated groups living together over a period of time. Nothing you describe is inbred.

Therefore, any person, regardless of race, living in asociety, is part of that society. Cultures may vary, but not where living together is concerned. There is nothing, nothing, that indicates that whites or blacks are superior, inferior, or any different than one another. Gays are thesame.

What you describe are societal idiosyncrasies, from whichrace has no part. Prohibiting any race from the benefits of that society, therefore makes no sense. They are already a part of it. Only discrimination separates them.

Christ, the (pn): (1) The title (“the anointedone,” “Messiah,” etc.) of a young Jewish rabbi, Yeshua Bar Joseph, AKA: Jesus.The leader of a sect after whom a major religion is named. (2) An honoraryRepublican who has been co-opted in death to become the Right Wing’s officialmascot, McJesus. This is peculiar since, if biblical texts are to be believed,the Christ was a kind and wise man who preached love, equality, duty toothers, charity to the poor, forgiveness and acceptance, shunned violence anddisdained the accumulation of wealth and possessions. In other words, histeachings stood as the very antithesis of everything the Right Wing holdssacred.